Rietvlei Nature Reserve has a long history that stretches from the great depression in 1929. Manual labourers were paid 4 shilling a month to build the dam and soil was carted away by mule carts. The reserve was opened to the public in 1948.
The 3 800 ha of endangered Bankenveld grassland includes open plains and undulating hills. The extensive vlei areas and tributary streams support the scenic splendour of the azure blue Rietvlei Dam.
The reserve is home to around 2000 head of game, including blesbuck, black wildebeest, red hartebeest, eland, Burchell’s zebra, waterbuck, reedbuck, springbuck, mountain reedbuck, steenbuck, buffalo and grey duiker. You will also find leopard cheetah, lions, white rhino and various nocturnal animals, such as brown hyena, black-backed jackal, ant-bear, aardwolf, porcupine, springhare and bush pig.
I was once again fortunate enough to visit this reserve, just a few miles from my family home in Pretoria, South Africa. Here are a few of my photographs.
The reserve also has spectacular birdlife.
Michelle Garrett Blog 
What an experience, although I guess you are used to it. I particularly like the 4th one down – not sure what it is but the one with horns looking straight into the camera!
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It’s a red hartebeest. X
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